Brace for folding tables



Oct! 9 J. BATESON BRACE FOR FOLDING TABLES Filed Aug. 30, 1922 INVENTOR.

I Jbmes fiafcsoh ATTORNEYS I Patented on. 13, 1925.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. 1

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BRACE- FOB FOLDING TABLES.

Application filed August 30,1922. Serial No. 585,158.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JAMES BATESON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Ludington, county of Mason, State of Michigan, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Braces for Folding Tables, ofwhich the following is a specification.

. This invention relates to improvements in braces for folding tablesand the like.

The main object of the invention is to provide an improved collapsiblebrace for the legs of folding tables and the like which automaticallylocks in its extended position and automatically releases when table isinverted and is simple and economical in its parts.

Further objects, and objects relating to structural details, willdefinitely appear from the detailed description to follow.

I accomplish the objects of my invention by the devices and meansdescribed 1n the following specification. The invention is clearlydefined and pointed out in the 5 claim.

A. structure which is a preferred embodiment of my invention is clearlyillustrated in the accompanying drawing, forming a part of thisapplication, in which:

Fig. I is a detail side elevation of a fold ing table embodying thefeatures of my invention. I

Fig. II is a fra entary view with the le in collapsed position. %ig. IIIis a rear view of my improved brace, one of the links being partiallybroken away.

Fig. IV is a detail lon 'tudinal section on a line corresponding to me4-4 of Fig. I.

In the drawing similar'referencecharacters refer to similar partsthroughout the several views and the sectional views are taken lookingin the direction of the little arrows at the ends of the section lines.

Referring to the drawing, 1 represents the top of the table and 2 theleg, which is indicated as being pivoted at 3, so that it ma becollapsed under the top as shown m 1g. My ie e ce Pee P c a 21 2 4 and abottom. link 5 pivotally connected at 6 with their ends in overlappingrelation, the end 7 of the lower link extending substantially beyond theivot. The u per link is pivoted to the tab e top at 8, the lower l nk tothe leg at 9. The upper link is pro vlded with a notch 10 in its rearedge adapted to receive the stop 11 which is struck inwardly from therear edge of the link 5, thus supporting the parts in alignment when the00 brace is erected. v

A loop-like catch 12 is slidably mounted on the upper link, the" upperlink having stops 13 and 14 struck laterally therefrom.

The end of the lower link is notched at 15 55 to provide a keeper" 16with which the en agmg portion 17 of the latch coacts. This keeper 16and the engaging lug 17 of the latch have curved faces facilitatingtheir engagement. The stop 14 of the upper link is positioned so thatwhen the brace is extended these curved faces engage and the catchslides upwardly suflicient to permit the links being brought intoalinement when it drops down with its In 17 in engagement with thekeeper, thereby ocking the brace in extended position. The lower link isoflset at 18 to ermit its being collapsed over the slide, as is shown inFig. III.

By thus forming and arran ing the arts I provide a brace which is weladapte for folding tables and the like, the brace being compact andeconomical in structure and at the same time is positive in itsengagement and is very strong when extended.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is:

A brace of the class described comprising a pair of flat links pivotallyconnected in W overlapping relation and adapted at their outerends forpivotal connections for the parts to be braced, the upper link having anotch in its rear edge, the lower link having a coactin stop struckinwardly from its rear edge an adapted to swing into the notch when thebrace is extended, the inner edge of the lower link being notched toform akee er, a :like catch slidably a raeieg t e rea n hares isyiuslbmom loweredge notched providing a'catch coactmovement ofsaid-catch thereon, the lower ,-ing with said. keeper when the brace islink being ofieet adjacent its ivot rmitextended, the end of thelowerlink and the ting its being swung over sai catc when 10 end of saidcatch being oppositely curved the brace is collapsed.

I so that the catch is automatically engaged In witness whereof, I havehereunto set when the braceis'extended, and stops struck my hand andseal. laterally fi'om, the upper link limiting the JAMES BATESON. [1...5.].

